Chapter 812： stubborn genius

The script was in place, and Lyman called Johnson and asked him to help release the news and start the early role screening.

In terms of actors, the original time and space's main creative attraction is too low, and he has not considered it at all.

Before a movie gets word-of-mouth, or can't find any gimmicks to get the audience to enter the theater to support, it is easy to get off to a bad start, and then crash into the street.

And at this time, based on investment to select some popular and powerful actors, their own traffic and fan appeal are the most common and practical ways for movies to open up the market.

The same goes for District 9.

If it can arouse the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie from the publicity, it will more guarantee the box office of the premiere for the subsequent screenings.

In other words, the quality of the film can certainly retain the audience, but that is after the screening, and you can't brag about yourself in publicity.

Blowing, you have to follow the procedures, and you have to pay attention to the basic law.

Boldly brag is hard to stand in the internet age. The audience has a voice channel, and there are scoring systems such as IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and Yahoo. It is impossible to blow up without cooperating with the audience.

After the audition invitations are sent out, the first round just excludes those who do not meet the basic role requirements.

For example, the age range of male protagonists and colleagues is over 30 years old and under 45 years old, and those who do not meet this standard will be eliminated naturally.

Of course, the auditions for the roles that Johnson is in charge of are all supporting roles, and Lehman already has a relatively clear choice of personnel for the starring role.

But before that, he made a trip to the digital realm to provide some concept images for the film to the project team that Scott Ross was preparing.

Like the image of prawns, it is the structural fusion of shrimp + beetles, walking upright + big eyes + ugly concept.

With these more specific requirements, it took only a few days for the digital domain to design the image features of the prawn, an alien population, and start modeling.

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February 13.

Firefly Building.

Early in the morning, the company's audition room was packed with actors coming to cast.

When Edward Norton got out of the car, he saw people coming in and out, going upstairs, more people coming and going, and seeing people with sullen expressions from time to time, it was estimated that he had lost the election.

But it had nothing to do with him. He followed Lyman's work assistant, Mace, along the corridor, all the way to Lyman's office.

Mace knocked on the door. After getting a response, he turned around and said in a low voice, "Mr. Norton, just go in. Mr. Agent, please wait in the reception room outside."

Edward was not surprised when he saw this.

After entering, I saw Laiman sitting on the office chair, with a suitable smile on his face, walked in, came to Laiman, and said hello first.

He himself still really wants to cooperate with director Lehmann. He has the strength and achievements. He heard from friends in the circle that he didn't lose his temper very much on the set. It was perfect.

When Lyman heard the movement, he saw the first male protagonist he had chosen for "District 9" coming. He also smiled and said, "Edward, don't mind me calling you that. Sit first."

In real life, in terms of temperament and image, it is undoubtedly the Wiggs that is suitable for Lyman's mind.

He quite admired this one.

First-class education, first-class character, first-class talent, and low-key, except for the pride of some creators.

In the past life, there was something about him that made a lot of trouble, that is, the actor who played the Hulk in the second Marvel movie "The Incredible Hulk" directed by Louis Leterrier was him, and then he was also involved with Marvel. There was some work friction at the top and quit the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and until the movie was released for several years, both sides were still a little bit worried.

This matter is quite clear. Before the filming of "The Incredible Hulk", Marvel found Edward Norton to invite him to play Bruce Banner in order to promote its own brand. Edward agreed, but he had one requirement, that is, he must let himself participate. Modify the script.

To put it aside, Edward Norton graduated from Yale University, and several films that he collaborated with in his debut provided creative directions, and temporary changes were also often made. He also directed a screen debut, but he just flopped.

Marvel obviously understood the other party, and nodded in agreement.

During the filming, the two sides originally cooperated very happily, but after finishing the film, Marvel deleted most of Edward's modified content in the post-editing of the film.

As everyone knows later, the movie was released, and the two sides had already had a lot of trouble over this matter, not to mention that the movie was still on the street, so the cooperation ended here, until the Avengers project started and wanted to join the Hulk, but Edward refused. , because he has always been very dissatisfied with Marvel's behavior of deleting scenes without notifying him, and he thinks he just wants a better script.

For this reason, Kevin Feige, who rarely commented on actors, couldn't help but say that Norton had no team spirit, which shows how stiff the two sides were.

From Lehman's point of view, this is a normal conflict of creative ideas, just like the current bickering between Li and Kevin Feige.

How should I put it, Edward is not suitable for popcorn movies, and he himself rarely accepts such dramas.

why?

It is easy to have conflict on the set, and the temper is still stubborn.

So Lehman didn't consider him to play the Hulk at all, even if he is suitable, but he is not as good-tempered as Mark, adapts to the Marvel ecology, and Mark's salary is low, easy to control costs, and has more advantages.

But if it is "District 9", he is very reliable.

The performances in "Red Dragon" and "Fight Club" are very suitable for Wiggs, especially when it involves a huge change in mentality. The normal Wiggs in the early stage and the Wiggs who transformed into prawns are two faces. Especially after those cruel experiments on prawns. It is a dime with two states.

Lyman knew that Edward was capable of such an emotionally divided role. After a brief chat, he said naturally: "Okay, now let's get to the point. We all know that the purpose of this meeting is to determine the starring role of my new work."

Lehman smiled and said, "You have read part of the script, what do you think?"

Hearing this question, Edward blurted out, "The idea of ​​the script is too good. It integrates "Metamorphosis" into the science fiction theme, which is very novel and dramatic. So, I like this character very much. Is there anything I need to do?"

This is with certainty.

In the past two years, this is the best script or the best project he has encountered.

In other words, Edward's acting career is really out of touch with the public. The "Fight Club" that made him famous is itself a B-level film, and the box office is still a loss. The previous year, "Kingdom of Heaven", which conquered the audience by wearing a mask and relying on voice and body, was another After the loss, the rest are independent films that are more literary and artistic, such as "After Sunset" and "The Veil".

In other words, his coffee position does not match the market performance, although he does not care much about the salary.

But he also admitted that if the box office has been bad, there will be fewer good projects coming to him. The management is superstitious and likes to chase winners, right?

Therefore, a few days ago, he received an invitation from Lehmann for a new work and attached a part of the script, and his heart immediately became urgent.

He is a self-directed, self-directed and self-acted filmmaker, so he can better see the prospects of the project - it has the potential to sell well at a glance.

After reading the script over and over several times, Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" was picked up and re-read several times. The more I got to know it, the more I felt that Lyman was indeed one of the directors he wanted to work with the most.

For this reason, long before he came, he passed his anger with his agent and wanted to help him strive for the role of Wiggs. Firefly could agree to any request, and it was no problem to take a salary cut.

Well, among the new generation of male actors, when it comes to challenging roles, one of Hollywood's actor choices is Edward Norton, so he is already a first-line actor. Fate has been good...  

"Ha, don't get excited, I just want to chat with you. If it's acting, then I approve of your acting skills, so I didn't plan to choose Wiggs through audition. This role has a lot of performance before and after, too. The one that needs to stand out the most in the whole work. I wonder what you think of this character?"

"He was a human first, and later he became a very valuable experimental body in the eyes of some people. He was a breakthrough for stealing prawn technology. He was also able to see many things from the standpoint of a prawn. The tension of the drama depicts human and alien creatures. The witness symbol that the two positions of the shrimp are constantly pulling..."